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Laptop Failure Modes (was Re: iPad)
- Subject: Laptop Failure Modes (was Re: iPad)
- From: gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:52:16 -0400
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On 04/13/2010 10:02 AM, Richard Pieri wrote: > The absolute worst notebook failure I've ever experienced was a WinBook= FX. I went to lunch one afternoon. When I came back I found that it ha= d shut down. The CPU had overheated so much that the bottom case had war= ped, deformed so badly that the battery popped out. Aside from the shock= of the meltdown I was surprised that it didn't start a fire. > =20 Heat is the worst enemy of electronic components. A while back when I had a battery that lasted more than 3 minutes, on occasion if I closed the cover and placed my system in the backpack it would be rather warm, especially on weekends where I might leave it in the backpack all weekend. Some of the low end portables may not have adequate cooling. --=20 Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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